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No. 823,143. PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906; W. F. STELLNER.

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WILLIAM F. STELLNER, OF DANVILLE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE COLLAPSIBLE TOY COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 14, 1905. Serial No. 278,404.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. STELLNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Danville, in the county of Vermilion and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to toys of that class better known as light-boxes, and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is collapsible and the parts of which can be readily assembled so as to produce a toy having the appearance of a car.

The invention consists of several blanks which are adapted to be so bent and assembled as to present the appearance of a car, and wheels are connected to the car in such a manner as to be easily removable. A candle-holder is also detachably connected to the car.

The invention also consists of certain other novel features of construction and combination of parts, which will be more fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown the preferred form of my invention.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a toy car constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section therethrough. Fig. 3 is a view of the blank forming the bottom and walls of the car. Fig. 4 is the blank from which the car-top is produced. Fig. 5 is a view of the blank from which the raised portion of the car-top is formed. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the wheel-bearing detached, and Fig. 7 is a similar view of the candle-holder.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 is a central rectangular portion of a blank, said portion constituting the botj tom of the car and having pairs of slots 2 adjacent its corners and additional slots 3 near the center thereof. From each end of the central portion 1 extends an end wall 4, which constitutes an integral portion of the blank and has openings 5 cut thereinto, which simulate the front windows and lamps of the car when the parts of the blank are properly bent and secured together. Integral side sections 6 are disposed along the sides of the central portion. 1, and these have openings 7 and 8, which simulate windows and a door, and additional openings 9 are arranged under the window-openings and are for the purpose hereinafter more fully set forth. Flaps 10 are formed at the end of the side portions 6. The cartop, the blank of which is shown in Fig. 4, is rectangular, as shown at 11, and has a central oblong opening 12. Incisions 13 are cut in the ends of this blank adjacent the side edges, so as to form end flaps 14, and the side edges of the blank are adapted to be bent down and to also form flaps the ends 16 of which will overlap the end flaps 14. The raised portion of the car-top is formed of the blank shown in Fig. 5. This blank also has an oblong central portion 17, provided with openings 18, which are provided to permit the products of combustion to escape. Side extensions 19 and end extensions 20 are formed integral with the blank and have openings 21 therein, which serve to represent the ventilating-windows ordinarily found in the roof of a car. Flaps 22 are formed by the outer edges of the extensions 20, and flaps 23 and 24 are formed by the end and side edges, respectively, of the side extensions 19. The ends of the flaps 24 are adapted to fold over the end flaps 23 when the blank is bent into proper form. The wheels 25 are adapted to bear on pins 26, which extend through opposite arms of a yoke 27, formed of a strip of sheet metal and having integral ears 28 extending upward from the intermediate portion of the yoke. The candle used for illuminating the toy is adapted to be held within a split ring 29, which is integral with and extends from a holding-strip 30, having ears 31 at its ends.

In assembling the parts herein referred to the cars 28 are first inserted through the pairs of slots 2 and bent downward, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The candle-holder is then secured in place by forcing the ears 31 through slots 3 and bending them upward under the blank. After the wheels and candle-holder have been secured to the bottom 1 of the toy the end and side walls are folded upward along the dotted lines shown in Fig. 3, and flaps 10 are also bent along their dotted lines, so as to overlap the end walls, as shown in Fig. 1. The flaps can then be fastened in place upon the end walls by means of paper-fasteners 32 or other suitable securing 'devices. The next operation is to bend the flaps 14 and 15 of the top blank along the dotted lines shown in Fig. 4 and to bend the ends 16 of the flaps 15 so that they will overlap the end flaps 14. These flaps are then secured by means of paper-fasteners 33 or other like securing means. The raised portion of the top is then bent into prcglper shape by folding the extensions 19 an 20 along their dotted lines; and securing the end flaps 23 upon the end extensions 20. The entire device formed of the blank shown in Fig. 5 is then inserted through the opening 12 in blank 11, and flaps 22 and 24 are bent laterally under the blank 11 and fastened thereto by means of fasteners 34. The entire top can then be placed 011 the car-body after the manner of a box-lid. The openings in the walls of the car are adapted to be cov-' ered on the inside by suitably-colored paper or other translucent material, and when a candle is burned within the toy a very attractive appearance will be given the device. The entire toy can be quickly collapsed and spread outward into a fiat compact bundle by first removing all the fasteners and then detaching the candle-holder and the wheels.

Any suitable advertising matter may be indicated upon the translucent material, and, if desired, figures of persons within the car can be outlined upon that portion of the translucent material within the windows and door-openings.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A collapsible toy simulating a car comprising a body portion having end and side walls integral therewith and at right angles thereto, flaps integral with the side walls and overlapping and secured to the end walls, a covering having side and end sections integral therewith and at right angles thereto, the side sections overlapping and secured to the end sections, said covering having a part cut away to form an elongated opening therein, a raised portion having side and end extensions bent at right angles to the body portion thereof, said side and end sections having flaps at their lower edges, said flaps being passed through the elongated slot in the cover and bent upwardly and secured to said cover on its under side.

2. A collapsible toy simulating a car and comprising a bottom portion having end walls extending from and integral with the ends of the bottom portion and side Walls extending from and integral with the sides of the bottom portion, said Walls being folded at right angles to the bottom portion, flaps integral with the side walls and overlapping and secured to the end walls, a top overlapping, and removably mounted on and supported by the side and end walls, said top having a longitudinallydisposed opening therein, and a raised portion disposed within and extending from the opening, said raised portion having flaps underlapping the top and secured thereto.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM F. STELLNER.

Witnesses:

JOHN F. 0ST, W. L. JENKINS. 

